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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21

which she has made noted, and for her
bright and interesting tales of sea voyages
that thousands have read in both countries
Her maiden name was Annie Alnutt. She
was reared in wealth and culture and her
marriage to Sir Thomas Brassey, in 1860,
while both were very young proved hap
py and congenial union, since Sir Thomas
was man Of superior education, fond Of
the sea as was his wife, and an author like
wise In 1869 Lady Brassey and her hus
band started on their first yacht voyage,
and after two cruises took a trip in 1872 to
Canada and the United States, sailing up
several Of the long rivers From her child
hood Lady Brassey had kept Journal and
her first essay into authorship was the pub
LEGATION for private circulation Of "The
Flight of the Meteor, ON her return from
the Mediterranean. Her American tour
was described in like manner in "a Cruise
in the Eothen.n In 1876 she determined to
90 around the world, and for that purpose
the yacht Sunbeam was built, the RESULT of
the expedition being the publication of the
now widely circulated book, "Around the
World in the Yacht Sunbeam Since then
several other interesting volumes of similar
character have appeared from her pen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21

Manufacturing false teeth for horses is
new and growing industry in New York.
According to the New York Sun, Thomas
Mast the cartoonist has practically severed
his relations with Harper's Weekly, and is
likely to start Republican pictorial paper
on his own account,
Dona Isadora Cousiho of Chill is said to
be the richest woman in the world, and her
fortune is estimated to be at least 5000, OOO,-
600 Doha Cousiho is on the sunny side of
40, above medium height, of graceful fig
ure, and of a Spanish type of beauty. She
proposes making New York visit, and if
She does come, will make her presence felt,
for she spends her money freely and is in
terested in a great variety of subjects, from
art 10 cattle raising.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21

LADY BRAssEY, THE FAMOUS TRAVELLER
AND AUTHORIZES, died recently ON board the
Sunbeam, her husbands yacht, while bound
for Australia. She was buried at sea, Her
name as is familiar in America as in Eng
land for her adventurous tours in the yacht
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21

'Tis a sad waste of energy TO try to turn
crank Micaukee Journal.
Our history teaches no lesson more clear
ly than that the career of the politician
rarely lasts over ten years, and when he
disappears from the public gaze he is the
soonest forgotten of all the men in the
world.-St Louis Giobe- Democrat
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21

The amount and character of these gifts
are substantial indications that the higher
institutions of learning in Vermont are re
ceiving the aid and support of the friends
of education.
Among recent donations made for the
erection of new buildings may be mention
ed the fund of S47 900 raised for a building
for a girls department of the Vermont
Episcopal Institute at Burlington, and the
fund of $50, 900 subscribed for a central
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21

THE STATE OF THINGS AGAINST WHICH THE
MARYLAND INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS ARE
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
NO-Man'S Land.
family.

A strip of land bordering on Kansas
is known as No-Man's-Land. Clark
County. Kan. borders on the strip IN
question, and is the fourth county from
the southwestern corner Of the State.
The metropolis of Man'sLand IS
Beaver City, a town of about 400 people,
situated in the central portion of the
strip. Perhaps for its size Beaver City
has the toughest population of any city
in the world 1t will be remembered that
o-Man's-Land is country entirely
without government. 1t has for some
unexplainablc reason been left without
the Jurisdiction of any court IN the
United States, and no process, either
State or Federal, can be served legally In
this strange country. AS a consequence
it has for years past been the refuge Tor
the most dangerous criminals OF the
great Southwest. Horse thieves, muir
derers, and other criminals have FED
there in order to get beyond the pale OF
the law. What, Canada is to the default
ing bank cashiers of New York city, No
| Man's-Land is to the murderers,
thieves and cut-throats of the South
west. In the light of these facts 1T IS
not to be wondered at that the present
population of Beaver City is composed
! LARGELY of the toughest class. Beaver
City has provisional government, BY
common consent of the citizens almost
absolute power is vested in onHman, who
governs the city with rod of iron. II
any of the gamblers or thugs become
unusually dangerous, or If they have
committed any act of violence which
does not meet with the approval OF the
mighty potentate, the man is shot. a
coroncr's jury perhaps views the remains,
and returns a verdict to the effect that
the deceased was killed as public ne,
cessity. Some time ago Assistant
United States Attorney Eugene Hagar
addressed a communication to Attorney
General Garland, complaining OF the SIT
uation of affairs in No-Man's-Land
These complaints have been forwarded
to the United States District Attorney
office, and on the strength of said com
plants, Mr.. Hagan addressed an otticla
letter. calling the attention OF the Attor
new General of the United States to tn
situation. No reply has yet been re
ceived. but it is very probable that MIR
Garland can take no action IN the cas-
without the consent Of Congress. B0St0i
Transcript.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELAI1EE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
How Sheep Pay.

If farmer has plenty of patience, and
is willing TO give close attention TO de-
tails in the care of stock, he can make
more money for food consumed from
sheep than from ony other stock. But
not one farmer in ten will care TO give
them the attention they require at certain
seasons of the year; so the few who 90
take good care of a flock will lind
good market for mutton, and demand
for wool at some price, usually enough
to pay wintering the flock. a farm
which is rolling in its surface seems per-
fectly adapted to sheep raising. Such
land needs grass On the hill tops to keep
it from washing, and sheep need hill
tops and sweet, short grass. Ihey IKE
to lie down on hillside in the spring,
where the sun makes the ground dry and
warm, and where they are protected from
the cold sweep OF the wind.
The greatest profit from sheep Is not
in mutton or wool, but in the enhanced
fertility of the farm on which they are
kept. No other stock can compare with
sheep in this direction. The increased
value comes from two causes: the large
quantity of solid and liquid manure de-
posted on all the land, and particularly
on the highest and poorest points in the
pasture. The manure, being fine and
weIl-scattered, is pressed about the roots
of the grass, where it gives the greatest
possible benefit. Another source where
by the grasses are encouraged is the de-
struction of bushes and many kinds OF
weeds which grow where cattle ano
! horses only are pastureG. Hazel-brust
| fares very badly in the sheep pasture
/ and wild roses, rag-wced, burdOcks, anC
other weeds are selected first, and thcl
| the sheep look for grass. In this way ;
/ sheep pasture becomes like beautiful
lawn, and every year grows better; but
/ the farmer sees millions in sheep" anC
over stocks his fields, then the grass goe
with the bushes and weeds. Then tn
sheep get poor, tumble down one afte
another, their ambition lessons as tn l
flesh goes, and the unfortunate owner
or imprudent manager, votes sheep.
perfect nuisance. -AmeTican Agric"lt2
riSt
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
A California Ranch.

A typical example of California farm
inc is illustrated by the Huffman Ranch h.
1t is a magnificent property devoted to
wheat and barley, surrounding the town
of MERGED, and extending over twenty
thousand acres. When the blowing sea
son comes on a grand procession makes
it's appearance, composed of ten eight
mule teams and machinery of the latest
invention, performing the feat of ploW-
inc sixty acres a day. When harvest
draws near new kind of string darkens
the horizon. 1t is the ''combined har.
vester," California invention, sort Oh
travelling magician, and two OF these
mechanisms being set to work will per
form wonders. Each will cut, thresh,
and sack about fifty acres per day, with
the aid of about five men and thirty
mules. accomplishing the work that
formerly required forty men. Marvellous
improvements are constantly in progress.
and next summer steam is to supplan'
mule power, while the grand canal, IN
process of construction for the last tou
Years. will then be completed, thus sup
plving irrigation for six hundred thou
sand acres. The ultimate design OF The
owners. Croker and Huffman, IS to cu
the ranch up into small farms and make
it a land of homes. Cosmopolitan.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
Malaga Grapes.

"What are known. in this country as
Malaga grapes arc really Almeria grapes
said a dealer to a New York N"at ana
Erpyess writer. "The Maiagas are
ncarlv all used for raisins, as they do
not Keep we'll in the natural state. The
province of Almeria is on the southeast
coast of Spain, and may be called one
entire vineyard, as the graPe-growing.
transporting and selling is the business OF
nearly the whole population H. Men Men. w vHS
gatber the fruit. The country is so
Rough that all of the transportation has
to be done with pack mules. Some
wealthy proprietors own immense VINE nn
mall farms. The vines are very large.
The main stem is from to 10 inches
thick. and the canes very long: The
season for gathering the crop is from
AUGUST until the latter part of October.
The fruit is wonderfully fine this year.
Some of the punches are larger than
ones hat.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
Rubbing Noses Instead of Kissing

The Navigator Island people never
kiss. said Dr. w B. Waller; they simply
rub noses. And should a young man
wish to marry a girl, he, if he has ser
want. simply sends him to the girl, stat,
ing that his master likes her and Wouid
like to marry her. If she is willing to
marry him, She sends back word, nam
ing an early evening when she will meet
him; 4 his meeting usually takes 3a,sa place &c
in the bush back of the girls home. II
is their trysting place, and here every
thing is talked over, the lovers sitting
upon the ground, and everything is ar
ranged. Perhaps the next day, or very
soon thereafter, they disappear without
saying a word to anybody, They may
he zone for six weeks in the bush before
anybody hears from them or has TT, the
least mixing of where they are. Then
they as suddenly reappear; whereupon
the are formally joined in marriage by
one of the chiefs or missionaries, and al!
their friends join in giving them big
dinner of pork. Then they are substan
tally married. -.St Louis Chronicle
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
A GauchO Savings Bank.

Silver ornaments for bride and saddle
are legal tender in exchange for anything
salable wherever the Gaucho, South
American cowboy, goes, and what IS his
seat by day and his pillow by night he
uses as a sort of savings bank. L have
seen saddles worth $1,000, with soi1d
silver stirrups. pommels and ornaments,
weighing as much as a man. ! pair
of silver spurs are worth any
where from $50 to 800, according TO
size and workmanship, and stlrrups OF
solid silver, in the form of a needless
slipper, the bellies of Argentine con
slider essential to riding costume: Inc
same are often made of brass, and when
highly polished add a unique feature to
the accOutTements OF an Argentine
caballero. -Harper'S Magazine.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
AN OLD YEAR SONG.

"A through the forest, disarrayed
Rv chill November, late L strayed,
4 lonely minstrel Of the wood
Was singing to the solitude;
7 loved thy music, thus L said,
u-ben Ger thy perch the leaves were spread;
1,vaet was thy song, but sweeter now
,r,l,,, carroll on the leaf1ess bough-
Sing. little bird! thy note shall cheer
The sadness Of the dying year.
1ylen violets pranked the turf with blue
I'D morning filled their cups with dew,
THY slender voice with ripping thrill
Tho budding April bowers would fill,
Nor passed its joyous tones away
When April rounded into May.
Tbv life shall hail no second dawn
Sing. little bird! the spriug is gone
And remember, weii-a-day!
T-hv fuiI-blown summer roundelay,
Asvyhen behinda broidered screen
-,orne holy maiden sings unseen:
With answering notes the woodland rung'
And every treetop found tongue.
HOW deep the shade! the groves how falr!
Sing little bird. the woods are bare.
The summers throbbing chant IS done
And mute the choral antiphOn;
The birds have left the shivering pines
To fit among the trellised vines,
Or fan the air with scented plumes
Amid the Iove-sick orange-blooms,
And thou art here alone-alone,
SIM. little bird, the rest have flown
The snow has capped yon distant hill
Al morn the running brook was STILL
From driven herds the clouds that rise
Are ike the smoke of sacrifice;
Ere long the frozen sod shall mock
The pIoughshare, changed to stubborn rock
The brawIing streams shall soon be dunlo
Sinr. little bird. the frOsts have come.
Fast. fast the lengthening shadows creep
The songIess fowls are half asleep,
The air grows chill, the setting sun
Nav leave thee ere thy song Is done,
The pulse that warns thy breast grow-cold'
Tbv secret die with thee untold:
The lingering sunset still is bright,
Sino little bird! t VIII soon be night.
-OIjrey Wendell Holmes
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
Whv "Mary Had a Little Lamb. :"

The authorship Of ''Mary Had Little
Lamb has been ascribed to various per
sons, and many romantic stories have
been told regarding its composition.
To Mrs. Hale's family we are indebted
for the following account OF the circum-
stances which led to its production. II
1927 DR. Lowell Mason was induced to
lend his musical talents TO Boston, and
while there, gave especial attention TO tn
training of children in vocal music, bein;
the first person 10 introduce singing int
the pubiic schools In order to max
these singing classes attractive DR.
Mason requested Mrs. Hale and otht
writers to furnish him with verses suite
to the capacity of children, and of a kin
to interest them. In response 10 I'll
request. Mrs Hale, ever ready 10 lend
hand in any good work, compose
a series of little poems for childreI
which were set to music by MIR. Maso
and sung in the school of Boston an
afterwards throughout the countrl
Among these were the well-known -
ever | see, on bush or tree, and IL
world famous ''Nary's Lamb, who
was founded on an incident OF tn
writer's own childish experience.
farmers daughter, she had had IN ne
New Hampshire home her own little pc
lamb. that followed her wherever sh
went, Devotedlv fond of animals an
making pets of birds and kittens iron
her earliest to her latest years, this bus
editor and mother of a family turned asa
from her pressing cares to write thes
verses, which have found a sympatheti
echo in the hearts of children all over tn
! country In 1880 the poems thus con
posed were published In book form unde
Mrs, Hale's signature, with number
other songs and rhymes. attechonatel
dedicated to all good children IN III
United States. Philadelphia Times.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29

until the roots die OF exhaustion from
want of air and light
At the Toronto cont. Fair Mr.. Thomas
Shaw read paper IN which he argued
that nearly all the substantial progress IN
the improvement OF i've stock has been
made in lands where exhibitions prevail
since their introduction.
The Scientific ADlsTican calls attention
TO the well-known fact that nothing VIII
purify and keep a stable so free from
Odors as the free use OF dry eartn.
Everybody who keeps horses or cattle
will find that it pays, with interest, 10
keep on hand a plentiful supply OF hne
dry soil to be used daily. Il few shovel
fuls of earth scattered over the floor after
cleaning will render the air of the apart
ment pure and wholesome.
In preparing cattle for the winter, the
HON stead we'll remarks, let them get
Just as fat as all the grass they want and
can eat will make them. Corn ana
pumpkins will help out amazingly. If
the beasts have a good coat OF fat on
their ribs, and are kept as well sheltered
as possible, they will come out n the
spring in good condition and yield good
work and good profit the ensuing sea
son. The farmers live stock demands
peculiar attention in the cold weather,
different in kind but not less in degree
than that accorded to the members of his
! family.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
A Hero of The Mutiny."

There is a movement in England foI
an increase of the pension of John IL
yane, the private soldier who won the
Victoria cross, by leading the way to the
capture of the Cashmere gate at the
st6rming of Delhi, India. He lost leg
on that occasion. There was, he says,
a hitch, and then a call for Who II
storm the batteryl' and the bhoys said,
Johnny. you 90 on, and we'll be alter
We And l said, Come on, bhoys,
death or glory And we went on, and
presently L fell down, and, when L came
10 mesclf l found my leg was gone, ana
! said. Never mind, John Dlvane, me
bhov, here's shilling day for ye ior
LOFT And when l heard the list OF pm
sions read out and heard I'd only tip
pnce day, 1 croid." Divane did not
get the :. death " he challenged, but the
tenpennvworth per day of "glory
which he did get, does not seem much
of a reward for a man who started the
turning point of the capture OF Delhi
and. therefore, of the suppression OF the
mutiny. He IS now 81 years old, and
gets living by pcddling fish IN donkey
cart at Penzance.- Boston Iraceier.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29

The Erie Railway steadily holds the III III l.
trne because of the many improvements con
stantIy being made in all branches OF Egnes
tPe Iiocinr, in use of a system of block signals
thus enhancing the safety and speed OF eIeaant
STATION huifdings along the line OF the rodd, u
which those at Rochester and jersey CliS az IF
fair samples and the placing IN cohlIlllS9i0 "a
the --latest and most improved coaches-
In addition to the above the Erie - On 80
" extending its lines. with view 70 thS ~ g
hefor its patrons In proof of this statei.SH ~
is the lenghening of the Fries track 20 on the
I-oT,arfv acquired by this extension an eIS-
CANT new station building Is TO- De fP rTTtgIo
Between New York and Rocne9ttSfr;, % a.. -
NIAGARA Falls Canadian points Chlca-,o, - =,
louis. Cincinnati through Pullman coaches ~
the latest construction are run, ana an fiiI
which cater to the pleasure OF trayennS. PUN
are handled with great care and hoera4n!'
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
Farm and Garden Notes.

GO for" sheep-killing dogs, every
time.
Have no machines Lying around
loose"
Warm stables, sheds, etc, economic
fodder, remember.
This is a good season to compare notes
with brother farmers.
All deciduous trees-those shedding
their foliage in autumn-may be planted
at any time after the fall of the leaf until
the buds start again.
The dust bath is the hens wash bowl.
setting hen requires the dust bath as
regularly us she does her food, and good
poulterers will see she is provided.
A pair of oxen were exhibited at the
Eastern Maine State Fair, which measured
ten feet in girth, weighed 1000 pounds
and cost over 81, 900 to raise them. They
were Vermont cattle.
The Southern Ltrestock Journat says
GAS grain is the natural and cheapest
food for the horse and the COW and the
sheep. so it is for the hog. The cheaPeS'
pork IS not made upon corn but upoI
| grass.
Speaking of the Canada thistle, tn
| Prairie Farmer says the only way OF XII
/ ling it which has met with general sue
/ cess, is to prevent the tops from growing
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-29
Labels and Records.

During the latter part of autumn, as
well as in the spring, trees and plants
have been set out, and need stakes and
labels to preserve their names and places.
If they are to remain for years, they
should also be registered in an account
book. Small wooden labels and stakes
arc often used, and if the names are
written with a pencil on u thin coating
of white paint, they will usually remain
for some years. But the owners OF small
places do not always have the white
paint at hand, and write on the dry,
wooden surface. A few showers OF ram
obliterate such names; but if the wood
is first mOistencd, before the writing is
done, the name will strike into the pores,
and will last distinctly for year or two.
If in addition to wctting the surface,
little gritty soil or sand is very thlnly
rubbed over the surface, it will give
a much greater distinctness or blackness
from the pencil, and be as good as
if written on white paint.
Fruit trees are most conveniently la
belcd on one Of the side limbs, for which
the old method was to hang plate OF
metal or q piece of wood with a loop OF
conner wire. The difficulty in using
such labels is that the wire often cracks
or breaks off after swinging years IN the
wind. or else it cuts into the bark of the
branch. while some labor is required in
making and placing them. A much
cheaper label is made of a strip OF zinc
half an inch wide and several inches
long, on one end of which the name is
written with common pencil, and the
other end is coiled around the side limb,
so that the name hangs down IN full
sight The zinc must be roughened a
| little with rust, by exposure to moisture
! or salt water, so as to take strong mark
from the pencil Such writing: on zinc
will last for lifetime exposed to the
weather. We have seen it as distinct as
ever after thirty years exposure. The
coli should extend rather more than once
around the branch, and as the tree grows
the zine slowly uncoiIs and does not cut
the bark. Scrap zinc will make them oI
the hundred for the mere labor, and they
will be far better than any of the more
expensive tags with wire loops--C"H'
Gator.